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Doctor: Saudi Family Hammered Nails Into Sri Lankan Maid
AOL News ^ | August 25, 2010 | Dana Kennedy

Posted on 08/25/2010 3:50:08 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

(Aug. 25) -- A 50-year-old Sri Lankan woman who worked as a maid for a large family in Saudi Arabia for five months was allegedly tortured by some of the family members hammering nails into her body, doctors said.

The woman, who flew back to Colombo, Sri Lanka, from Riyadh on Saturday night, was brought to the hospital by her concerned children Monday. X-rays showed there were 23 nails embedded in her body.

"Some of the nails were 2 inches long," Dr. Prabath Gajadeera of Kamburupitiya Base Hospital told AOL News today. "Most of the nails were embedded in her arms and legs. She didn't even realize how many were in there."

Gajadeera said the woman told doctors that the Saudi family allegedly tortured her with nails and threatened her life with knives during her employment with them.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: colombo; islam; maid; muslims; religionofpeace; riyadh; rop; saudi; saudiarabia; shariah; srilanka
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To: RichInOC
When you're holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail

Great song!

21 posted on 08/25/2010 4:13:03 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (Southeast Wisconsin)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Oh those whacky Muslims! I’m sure there is some sort of Koran directive for this.


22 posted on 08/25/2010 4:16:31 PM PDT by McLynnan
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To: LibWhacker

You’re doing a disservice to pigs.


23 posted on 08/25/2010 4:16:32 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The Saudi version of the kid’s song starts with:

If I had a hammer
I’d pound nails in the Maid......


24 posted on 08/25/2010 4:16:45 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The Saudis. America’s allies in the War on Terror. /s


25 posted on 08/25/2010 4:17:14 PM PDT by TigersEye (Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
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To: Proud2BeRight
“The nails were apparently not detected by airport security devices, Gajadeera said.”

"But we do have a great pic of her naked body we're passing around the airport lounge!"

26 posted on 08/25/2010 4:19:35 PM PDT by TigersEye (Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I hope one day the abusive believers of the false prophet enjoy the receiving end of attacking feral hogs and wild black dogs.


27 posted on 08/25/2010 4:20:17 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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To: mamelukesabre
It is not just Saudi that this happens, they had similar cases when I was working in Kuwait. Lots of maids jumped from high rise apartments in apparent acts of suicide that were not suicides. Another case in Saudi when I was in Kuwait was the wife pouring draino down a maids throat for drinking a glass of milk without asking permission. Most countries like the Philippines did not press the issue much because they needed the money these people sent home to their families.
28 posted on 08/25/2010 4:20:40 PM PDT by Americanexpat
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Hey, you. :)))


29 posted on 08/25/2010 4:21:24 PM PDT by A. Morgan
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Saudi Arabia just really another Third World s-hole. Bunch of Islamic Barbarians


30 posted on 08/25/2010 4:23:44 PM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (JD for Senate ..... jdforsenate.com. You either voting for JD, or voting for the Liberal...)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Liberal Response: At least they didn’t use acid.....


31 posted on 08/25/2010 4:24:02 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: A. Morgan

Hello, there.


32 posted on 08/25/2010 4:27:15 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Forcing one person to pay for the irresponsibility of another is NOT social justice.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Yeah, let’s keep buying oil from these desert rats. That’s the ticket!


33 posted on 08/25/2010 4:30:26 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: Digger

Because it is not our oil and because we have plenty here.


34 posted on 08/25/2010 4:30:48 PM PDT by Chickensoup (There is a group of people who suck off the productive. They make rules then find infractions.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So, what is the point?


35 posted on 08/25/2010 4:31:21 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: skeeter
They were practicing for their future wives and daughters. These people are really sick in the head.
36 posted on 08/25/2010 4:31:31 PM PDT by peeps36 (Obama, The Worst President In American History, By Far)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I’m speechless.

Was this reported on CNN? /s


37 posted on 08/25/2010 4:31:40 PM PDT by Eddie01 (All we every really knew was it was crazy to be doin' it any other way)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
If only everyone had the 2A.....why do I not think this would have happened if the paying field was leveled?


38 posted on 08/25/2010 4:32:24 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Anti-Gunners suffer from Factose Intolerance)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Interviewer: But the police have film of Dinsdale actually nailing your head to the floor.

Stig: (pause) Oh yeah, he did that.

Interviewer: Why?

Stig: Well he had to, didn’t he? I mean there was nothing else he could do, be fair. I had transgressed the unwritten law.

Interviewer: What had you done?

Stig: Er... well he didn’t tell me that, but he gave me his word that it was the case, and that’s good enough for me with old Dinsy. I mean, he didn’t *want* to nail my head to the floor. I had to insist. He wanted to let me off. He’d do anything for you, Dinsdale would.


39 posted on 08/25/2010 4:34:13 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"I had to work from dawn to dusk. I hardly slept. They beat me and threatened to kill me and hide my body." She said she flew back to Sri Lanka at her own expense.

She earned the $12 a week they probably paid her... Funny how these types of stories don't get reported in Saudi Arabia... we only hear about them when the person escapes... I mean ... leaves.

40 posted on 08/25/2010 4:36:35 PM PDT by GOPJ (Time Mag's staff are conserve-a-phobes.)
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